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近jìn

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近

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Shuowen

Near. The character combines 辶 (movement) with 斤 (axe), the latter serving as both phonetic element and semantic component—moving toward something with purpose, as one approaches bearing a tool. The original sense is to draw close or be at a short distance, the action of approaching embodied in the walking radical 辶.

Pinyin

jìn· HSK 1